With my oil company tossing them at me!
"Pellets over petroleum; Greenfield company gets state boost in promoting alternative to fuel oil" by Aubin Tyler, Globe Correspondent | April 27, 2010
GREENFIELD — In March Sandri received $3.2 million in federal stimulus funds to help commercial and institutional clients in Western Massachusetts replace petroleum-based heating systems with boilers that burn wood pellets.
Just up the road, readers!
Not what I wanted my JOB-CREATING(?) TAX BUCK going for!
The pellet boilers have efficiency rates that rival the best of natural gas and oil boilers but are cheaper to operate. Best of all, they use an easy-to-replenish fuel source: sawdust and leftover chips from sawmills and other wood processing operations....
Takes a while to grow a tree.
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Yeah, I hope they aren't spewing toxic chemicals into the air around here!
The plant would be less than five miles away!
Another concern is whether pellet boilers will encourage depletion of forest resources. Those same worries are fueling opposition in Western Massachusetts to several proposed wood-fired power plants....
Ummm, yeah!
I would like to be able to breathe out here without wheezing and coughing like you city folk!
Unlike those that use fossil fuels, pellet systems do not emit sulfur dioxide. They do emit more fine particles, or particulate matter, than conventional heating systems, but less than wood stoves. Particulate matter can contribute to asthma and respiratory problems....
I'd rather take my chances with the oil, cough!
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